Season 17

episodes

E1
1.The State of Britain - The Road to Brighton Pier
Oct 13, 1980
E2
2.South Africa's Bombshell
Oct 20, 1980
E3
3.Creating Criminals
Oct 27, 1980
E4
4.Choosing Labour's Leader
Nov 3, 1980
E5
5.The Party's Over
Nov 10, 1980
E6
6.Death on the Dole
Nov 17, 1980
E7
7.The H-Block Fuse
Nov 24, 1980

Report at the beginning of the fifth week of the hunger strike in the H Block of Maze Prison by IRA prisoners seeking a recognition of their status as political prisoners including an interview with one of the prisoners, R.V. McCartney.

E8
8.The Rossminster Affair
Dec 1, 1980
E9
9.The Hunt for the Ripper
Dec 8, 1980

The Yorkshire Ripper is still at large, and this follows the hectic and demanding West Yorkshire police investigation.

E10
10.No Room at the Inn
Dec 15, 1980
E11
11.The Blood Business
Dec 22, 1980
E12
12.The State of Britain - The Secret in South Wales
Jan 5, 1981
E13
13.Michael Foot
Jan 19, 1981
E14
14.The White House General
Jan 26, 1981
E15
15.The Social Democrats
Feb 2, 1981
E16
16.The F.B.I.'s Secret Tapes
Feb 9, 1981
E17
17.Killing for a Cure
Feb 16, 1981

A look at vivisection, and the activities of the controversial Animal Liberation Front who believe more militant action is needed to end unnecessary cruelty to animals.

E18
18.The State of Britain - In for a Penny
Feb 23, 1981
E19
19.Off the Rails
Mar 2, 1981

A UK rail crash in 1978 was thought to have been caused by signalling equipment that was over 50 years old. Sir Peter Parker attempts to get more money from the government to invest in the railways.

E20
20.The State of the Nation
Mar 9, 1981

Journalists re-enact the political discussions around the economy on the eve of the budget.

E21
21.These Children Are Mine
Mar 16, 1981

Anwar Ditta is a mother. That is not disputed. But the government say she is the mother of one child. She says she is the mother of four. However, the other three are in Pakistan, and that disagreement means she cannot bring them here.

E22
22.The Fight for the Centre
Mar 23, 1981
E23
23.The Men from Argentina
Mar 30, 1981
E24
24.The Curse of the Klan
Apr 6, 1981

Report on the re-emergency's of the Ku Klux Klan in both northern and southern states of America and the rising tide of racism there. Includes interviews with Klan members past and present and members of the black community who have been attacked by them.

E25
25.Comrades at Arms
Apr 13, 1981
E26
26.More Than Just a Few Perks
Apr 27, 1981

A civil servant who questioned the expense claims of the GLC found himself out of a job.

E27
27.The Shape of Wars to Come
May 11, 1981
E28
28.Home and Away
May 18, 1981
E29
29.Do Mind If I Smoke?
Jun 1, 1981

An investigation into new claims that non smokers are at risk in smoke filled rooms.

E30
30.To Russia with Love
Jun 8, 1981
E31
31.Tories for Turning
Jun 15, 1981
E32
32.Kevin at the Crossroads
Jun 22, 1981

Follows Kevin, a victim of the drug thalidomide as he enters the job market.

E33
33.The Silent Epidemic
Jun 29, 1981

Very few people have heard of Alzheimer's Disease, despite the fact that one in 12 over 60s will get and possibly die from it.

E34
34.Guns to the Right
Jul 6, 1981
E35
35.A Dangerous Age
Jul 13, 1981
E36
36.A Conflict of Evidence
Jul 20, 1981
E37
37.Toxteth Revisited
Jul 27, 1981

Dr Ben Holman and Tommy Olds visited Liverpool eight years previously and predicted riots would happen in the future. They now make a return visit in the aftermath of the riots.

E38
38.The Agony of Angola
Aug 3, 1981
E39
39.When Night Comes to Kandahar
Aug 17, 1981

Report from Afganistan in which the World In Action camera team join a night time Afghan rebel attack, led by Ismael Gailani, on a government post in the capital, Kandahar and also look at the conditions for the Afghans under the present regime in the country. Looks at the way of life of the Afghan people under the regime supported by Russian forces.

E40
40.Waiting for Justice
Aug 10, 1981
E41
41.A Picture of Health
Aug 24, 1981